Held on September 8, 2018 at New York University. Moderated by Wentai Xiao.
Panelists:
- A.M. Gittlitz, contributor to the New Inquiry and co-host of the Antifada Podcast
- John Garvey, Editor of Insurgent Notes
- Richard Wolin, Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center
Description:
The term âsocialismâ appears to be enjoying a resurgence of public interest - both favorably where it is self-prescribed and pejoratively where it is meant to degrade the respectability of public figures. From early 2016 at the height of Bernie Sanders's campaign for the Democratic Party nomination to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezâs victory over Joe Crowley in June, the term âsocialismâ appears to be gaining some level of purchase and a whole lot of press. In many instances, âsocialismâ is commingled with terms as varied as âsocial democraticâ, âcommunistâ, âmarxistâ, âanarchistâ, etc. As such, we view this is as an opportune moment to ask, âwhat is socialism after all?â What do public figures mean when they identify as socialists or any one of its varied strains? What do their opponents think it means? What does it mean and what can it mean? And perhaps, most important of all, what did it mean in the past?
On this episode of SPS, we discuss the confusion around "trans politics" & sexual emancipation and examine the limits of anti-Trump activism. Audrey Crescenti, Pam Nogales & Berkeley member, Will Lushbough, sits down with comedian Will Franken, who lived as a trans woman for a brief time, to talk about sexuality & the state of stand-up today. Laurie Rojas talks to UK members, Rory Hannigan & PĂĄdraig Maguire about the recent anti-Trump protests in London. And Suzy V. drops by to discuss the Chicago queer scene and the difficulty of thinking about sexual emancipation today.
Articles mentioned:
(1) "The Word 'Cisgender': An Unlikely Semantic Revolutionary"
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-worâŠ10913904.html
(2) "Why Scarlett Johansson â Or Any Cis Actor â Should Never Play Trans Roles"
www.them.us/story/why-scarlett-âŠer-play-trans-roles
From the Platypus archives on sexual liberation:
(1) platypus1917.org/2016/10/17/9-16-âŠteach-frankfurt/
(2) platypus1917.org/2014/06/01/sexuaâŠrum-2014-6-1-14/
(3) platypus1917.org/2011/02/01/whichâŠxual-liberation/
Hosted by Audrey Crescenti, Pam C. Nogales C., Laurie Rojas.
Podium:
Christian Hofmann (BundesjugendsekretÀr in der GPA-djp)
Michael Fischer
Michael MĂ€rzen (Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt, Liga fĂŒr die 5. Internationale)
Martin Gutlederer (Der Funke, Internationale Marxistische Tendenz)
Im Lichte der aktuellen öffentlichen Debatte ĂŒber den 12-Stunden-Arbeitstag diskutieren wir ĂŒber das VerhĂ€ltnis der Linken zur Politik der Arbeit. Wie hat linke Politik der Arbeit in der Vergangenheit ausgesehen, welche politischen Ziele verfolgt Politik der Arbeit in der Gegenwart und welches Potential fĂŒr die Linke steckt darin?
From the Zero Books website (August 2, 2018):
Chris Cutrone is a member of the Platypus Affiliated Society, a professor at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, and a returning guest to the Zero Books podcast. He is the author of a controversial essay entitled âWhy Not Trump.â The piece was a half-hearted endorsement of Trump as the better adversary for the left, an opinion that is not at all self-evident today under Trump. However, this week we discuss the late Moishe Postone as well as Adolph Reed in the context of the death of politics."
An interview with Lawrence Parker, the author of Communists and Labour: The National Left-Wing Movement, 1925-1929, conducted by Efraim Carlebach of the Platypus Affiliated Society on July 21, 2018.
An edited transcript of the interview was published in the Platypus Review Issue #111.
